Word: darfur
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...move comes amid increasing violence in the Darfur region of Sudan, where militias linked to the country’s government have slaughtered thousands of civilians in what the U.S. Congress and State Department have called a genocide. And it comes after more than 1,200 students, faculty, staff and alumni signed an online petition urging the University to sell its Sinopec stake...
...This is the right thing to do in light of the ongoing events in Darfur,” University President Lawrence H. Summers said in a statement today...
...hometown of Greensboro, N.C., couldn’t be prouder of Cheek, declaring March 23 “Joey Cheek Day” while Greensboro College introduced the “Joey Cheek Scholarship,” a four-year honor to be awarded to a student from the Darfur region.Joey Cheek is living the life of a rock star, and he knows it. But he also insists that it’s time for him to go back to school.“I spent 10 years chasing my dream and my passion of going to the Olympics...
...meeting in Los Angeles Thursday, student board member Adam Rosenthal said in a statement, “Today’s vote puts the university on the right side of history, in the position to exercise powerful and practical action to help end the murder, torture, and genocide in Darfur...
...Risky Operation U.N. ambassador John Bolton's answer to your question about the possibility of a more aggressive response to the genocide in Darfur was quite telling [Feb. 27]. He said, "You could end up with a lot of dead military people and not save a single civilian." The Janjaweed militia, which is doing the killing, is armed with rifles and riding horses and camels. Surely the U.S. military is capable of taking them on. Pete Castelluccio Indianapolis...